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At least that's the finding of a new paper in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, which claims reading the Harry Potter series significantly improved young peoples' perception of stigmatized groups like immigrants, homosexuals or refugees. The studies: The Pacific Standard broke down the three studies used in this paper. The first took 34 Italian fifth-graders and plunged them into a six-week course on Potter. The researchers began by having the students fill out a questionnaire on immigrants, and then split them into two groups which read selected passages from the series. Why Readers, Scientifically, Are The Best People To Fall In Love With.
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The European Debt Crisis Visualized: Video. 6 Things No One Ever Tells You About Living Abroad. My senior year of college, I decided I wasn’t ready to “grow up”, “settle down”, or take part in the “real world.”
I wanted to see what else the world had to offer before I settled into a 9-5 routine and became a boring old adult. At the ripe age of 21, bachelor degree in hand, I moved from suburban Connecticut to Ireland to work as an au pair for a year. It’s been six months now since I took that leap, and I’ve learned more than I could ever condense into one article. Moving to another country alone allows you to see new parts of this amazing planet, meet interesting people from all over, immerse yourself in new cultures, try new things, gain new skills, and overall better yourself as a human being. Google Reveals What People Really Think About Europe And Asia. Google knows what's in our souls because we ask Google the questions we're too afraid to ask anyone else.
Questions like: "Why is Spain empty? " and "Why is Kazakhstan so big? " These are questions that surprisingly large numbers of people ask, apparently, about Spain and Kazakhstan, according to Google autocomplete, which reveals stereotypes about those and other countries in Europe and Asia. I've Been Single For My Entire Life. Women’s cravings for chocolate begin in the womb, study suggests. New research may explain why some women would choose chocolate over sex: A woman’s passion for chocolate appears to begin before she is even born.
Italian researchers who set out to test whether female and male fetuses respond differently when their mothers eat chocolate found that female fetuses react much more strongly than males to chocolate. Cuckoo for real stuff: Benefits of cocoa for the heart are backed by history & research, just mind the milk chocolate Is chocolate actually good for you? You might have heard that dark chocolate isn’t so bad, but is it possible that eating chocolate could actually improve your health?
Despite how easy it is to poo-poo because of its fat and sugar content, there is actually a fairly robust body of research suggesting that, at worst, dark chocolate isn’t harmful (when consumed in moderation, of course), and at best, it could do your heart — and perhaps your love life — some good. Read more… Herman and Candelaria Zapp: Couple who have been traveling the world for 13 years with their four multinational children show no signs of stopping.
By Rachel Quigley Updated: 22:15 GMT, 27 March 2013 After driving their way through Africa, the Zapp family have another continent on their to do list - Europe.
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In 1938 Harvard University began following 268 male undergraduate students and kicked off the longest-running longitudinal studies of human development in history. The study’s goal was to determine as best as possible what factors contribute most strongly to human flourishing. 17 Productive Ways To Spend 5 Minutes Instead Of Checking Your Email (Again) 4 Brilliant Remarks From History’s Wisest American. TED Playlists.
50 Scariest Backpacker Experiences. Enough of the bungee jumping, white water rafting and skydiving in secure conditions. Um no. 10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science. Top 10 Cheapest Countries to Backpack. How to Travel: 21 Contrarian Rules. (Photo credit: Moyan Brenn) This is a tactical post on travel from Ryan Holiday, who’s written on this blog before about the pragmatism of Stoicism and lessons learned as Director of Marketing for American Apparel.
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